Profile of conbercept in the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Drug Design, Development and Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 2311-2320

  Lu, Xinmin ^a   Sun, Xiaodong ^a,b,c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Key Laboratory of Fundus Disease   (China)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Conbercept; KH902; Neovascularization; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CONBERCEPT; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN B; VASCULOTROPIN C; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; KH902 FUSION PROTEIN;

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; BLINDNESS; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG USE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; IC50; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; PATHOGENESIS; POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84929167630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11778881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S67536     Document Type: Review

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